Frequencies
I think it's safe to say that all(?) people like music. Except, maybe, people who have never heard of music before and do not have the ability to do so.
I also think it's safe to say that... I feel strongly about the music I listen to?
Maybe about 20 years ago was the time I discovered mp3s, and I was starting to gather music. The first mp3s that I had were probably the ones that I copied from Limit. I believe most of them are still with me, such as some of the music of Bubblegum Crisis and CardCaptor Sakura. I've never even watched an episode of both those Animes, but I do like some of their tracks.
I've also went to great lengths to get mp3s of game soundtracks. Directly recording the music as it plays in-game, and editing the sound file, either to adjust volumes or fade-to-silence an endlessly-looping song. My favorite work which I am most proud of is my mp3 of Bomb Jack's ingame music. I had two separate recordings of the same track since I could not disable in-game sound effects, so I have to "switch" tracks everytime one track plays an in-game sound effect. Kind of hard to explain, but... there.
I would also hack or rip game files to look for music tracks. I would also get or download unusual music formats such as MODs (trackers), and even console-specific "sound files" such as NSFs (for NES), SPCs (for SNES)... I very well remember that one of my biggest gold mines was finding the SPCs of Gradius 3, which I then converted to MP3 and... I still listen to those songs sometimes, even up to this day.
But recently I don't think I've downloaded or converted any old-school music. I think I've gotten most, if not all, of what I want from classic games. I am getting music from newer games, and the methods of me getting those music have also changed, some of them involve purchasing music from platforms like bandcamp. Thank God music can still be sold as files you can store for your own consumption, and not through some online streaming service.
Maybe also 20 years ago, my brother Dominic has mocked the music I listen to, saying it's stupid or trash or something to that effect. If I ask myself how I took his words, then... I think I did not take it well. I remember one of my classmates finding out that I listen to one of Sting's songs (right now I do not remember what this song is,) and so he said "You listen to Sting?" I responded, saying something like "Fine, I get it, it's stupid!" But he replied with "No, I actually wanted to say that it's amazing!" It made me realize I was defensive of the music I listen to.
I think I've moved on from that, by not caring about it because I like the music I listen to, and by accepting the fact that the music I listen to is obscure, especially the video game OSTs. The modern music, maybe there will be some, but for the classic video game OSTs, not so much. For example, I do not know of anyone else who listens to Gradius 3 music, or NES music. I do remember humming to the tune ofBomb Jack's in-game music, and I was surprised that neomonpkmn recognizes it. I will love him for that. And, well, for many other things. I also remember saying that if relationships were based on common interests, I would have married Laura Shigihara. She composed the music of Plants Vs. Zombies. And I remember reading somewhere that here influences were NES music like those from Mega Man.
............
The precursor to this post is the hypothetical criticism to my listening to music with lyrics whose language I do not understand, such as J-Pop.
I have mentioned that I have been watching Anime since late last year. This has cause a sharp increase in the amount of J-Pop that I listen to, because of the Anime's soundtracks. On a sidenote, I also mentioned listening to more J-Pop prior to the watching of Anime. I wonder if the J-Pop-listening part was the cause of the Anime-watching. Anyway.
I listen to J-Pop but have never really asked the question of why I like to listen to them, despite my inability to understand its lyrics. There are abundant translations on the Internet, but 99% of the time I listen to music, I do not have lyrics opened on the side, much more so to its English translation.
The conclusion I reached is that: the voice of the singer is an instrument in itself, even if not technically an instrument.
The difference between me singing "Hikaru Nara", and any of the members of Goose House singing the same song, is that their voices and a wonder to listen to, regardless of whether only one of them sings or if the entire group sings harmoniouisly. When a person sings, there are differences in voices' pitch, quality, timbre, and other music-related terms I am not familiar with.
The point is that when people sing, the voices are not monotonous. They are part of the music. And they are beautiful (if they can sing.)
Also, I guess, the point is that you should just listen to the music you want to listen to because you want to listen to them.
I also think it's safe to say that... I feel strongly about the music I listen to?
Maybe about 20 years ago was the time I discovered mp3s, and I was starting to gather music. The first mp3s that I had were probably the ones that I copied from Limit. I believe most of them are still with me, such as some of the music of Bubblegum Crisis and CardCaptor Sakura. I've never even watched an episode of both those Animes, but I do like some of their tracks.
I've also went to great lengths to get mp3s of game soundtracks. Directly recording the music as it plays in-game, and editing the sound file, either to adjust volumes or fade-to-silence an endlessly-looping song. My favorite work which I am most proud of is my mp3 of Bomb Jack's ingame music. I had two separate recordings of the same track since I could not disable in-game sound effects, so I have to "switch" tracks everytime one track plays an in-game sound effect. Kind of hard to explain, but... there.
I would also hack or rip game files to look for music tracks. I would also get or download unusual music formats such as MODs (trackers), and even console-specific "sound files" such as NSFs (for NES), SPCs (for SNES)... I very well remember that one of my biggest gold mines was finding the SPCs of Gradius 3, which I then converted to MP3 and... I still listen to those songs sometimes, even up to this day.
But recently I don't think I've downloaded or converted any old-school music. I think I've gotten most, if not all, of what I want from classic games. I am getting music from newer games, and the methods of me getting those music have also changed, some of them involve purchasing music from platforms like bandcamp. Thank God music can still be sold as files you can store for your own consumption, and not through some online streaming service.
Maybe also 20 years ago, my brother Dominic has mocked the music I listen to, saying it's stupid or trash or something to that effect. If I ask myself how I took his words, then... I think I did not take it well. I remember one of my classmates finding out that I listen to one of Sting's songs (right now I do not remember what this song is,) and so he said "You listen to Sting?" I responded, saying something like "Fine, I get it, it's stupid!" But he replied with "No, I actually wanted to say that it's amazing!" It made me realize I was defensive of the music I listen to.
I think I've moved on from that, by not caring about it because I like the music I listen to, and by accepting the fact that the music I listen to is obscure, especially the video game OSTs. The modern music, maybe there will be some, but for the classic video game OSTs, not so much. For example, I do not know of anyone else who listens to Gradius 3 music, or NES music. I do remember humming to the tune ofBomb Jack's in-game music, and I was surprised that neomonpkmn recognizes it. I will love him for that. And, well, for many other things. I also remember saying that if relationships were based on common interests, I would have married Laura Shigihara. She composed the music of Plants Vs. Zombies. And I remember reading somewhere that here influences were NES music like those from Mega Man.
............
The precursor to this post is the hypothetical criticism to my listening to music with lyrics whose language I do not understand, such as J-Pop.
I have mentioned that I have been watching Anime since late last year. This has cause a sharp increase in the amount of J-Pop that I listen to, because of the Anime's soundtracks. On a sidenote, I also mentioned listening to more J-Pop prior to the watching of Anime. I wonder if the J-Pop-listening part was the cause of the Anime-watching. Anyway.
I listen to J-Pop but have never really asked the question of why I like to listen to them, despite my inability to understand its lyrics. There are abundant translations on the Internet, but 99% of the time I listen to music, I do not have lyrics opened on the side, much more so to its English translation.
The conclusion I reached is that: the voice of the singer is an instrument in itself, even if not technically an instrument.
The difference between me singing "Hikaru Nara", and any of the members of Goose House singing the same song, is that their voices and a wonder to listen to, regardless of whether only one of them sings or if the entire group sings harmoniouisly. When a person sings, there are differences in voices' pitch, quality, timbre, and other music-related terms I am not familiar with.
The point is that when people sing, the voices are not monotonous. They are part of the music. And they are beautiful (if they can sing.)
Also, I guess, the point is that you should just listen to the music you want to listen to because you want to listen to them.